Cursorius gracilis G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884b: 178

Frahnert, Sylke, Turner, Donald A. & Bracker, Cordula, 2023, Type specimens and type localities of birds (Aves) collected by Gustav Adolf Fischer (1848 - 1886) in East Africa, Zootaxa 5334 (1), pp. 1-84 : 16

Cursorius gracilis G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884b: 178 .

Now: Smutsornis africanus gracilis (G.A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) . See Peters (1934: 301).

Syntype: ZMB 27028 (B 18685, Fischer no. 723), skin, former mount, male, collected at “Klein Aruscha”, 18.03.[18]83 .

Syntype: ZMB 27029 (B 18685, Fischer no. 708), skin, former mount, female, collected at “Ebene bei Pare” = Plains near the South Pare Mountains, 07.03.[18]83 .

Syntype: ZMB 2000.32548 ( Fischer no. 743), skin, male, juvenile, collected at “Akazienhain am Rongaflüsschen”, 27.03.[18]83 .

Syntype: ZMH 8320 (Fischer no. 900), skin, former mount, female, collected at “Dönjo Ngai”, 04.07.[18]83 .

Type locality: “ Massailand ” [ Kenya / Tanzania], from the original description, here ascertained as Arusha Region [Arusha Region, Tanzania] for the localities of the syntypes.

Remarks: In the original description, no type was chosen, and no inventory numbers for specimens were given, but measurements were given for more than one individual, and all specimens listed here were shown in Fischer (1884) for this species. Thus, as all the localities are in “Massailand”, all Fischer specimens of this species from that region at the ZMB and ZMH are syntypes. ZMH 8320 was also mentioned as type specimen for this species in Bolau (1898).